US EditionTrump Orders U.S. Agencies to Stop Using Anthropic AI Following Pentagon Dispute
President Trump ordered a complete halt to Anthropic AI use across federal agencies, with a six-month phase-out at the Pentagon amid concerns over AI safeguards and military control.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's technology, setting a six-month phase-out for the Department of War amid Pentagon supply-chain risk concerns.
- After Tuesday, when Hegseth and Amodei met, Anthropic refused Pentagon demands to drop its red lines banning mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, citing ethical concerns.
- Rivals including Grok may benefit as the Pentagon signed up to $200 million agreements with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google in the past year, with Claude already used in classified settings.
- The GSA removed Anthropic from procurement listings, and Trump warned of major civil and criminal consequences if the company doesn't cooperate, while Anthropic said it would challenge the risk designation in court.
- The decision marks a broader shift in ties with Silicon Valley, polarizing the tech industry as Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, sided with Anthropic while tech workers and lawmakers warned about politicizing national security.
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Trump blacklists Anthropic, orders all federal agencies to cease use of AI firm’s technology
Trump's blacklisting of Anthropic and CEO Dario Amodei's response expose the real character of the dispute: not a conflict between ethics and militarism, but between two factions of the ruling class over the terms of AI's integration into the US war machine.
Pentagon declares Anthropic a threat to national security
The Trump administration placed AI firm Anthropic on a far-reaching national security blacklist Friday, directing federal agencies to stop using its technology and banning any other company that does business with the military from working with it, effective immediately. President Donald Trump blasted the artificial intelligence company as a risk to national security after a tumultuous week of negotiations between the start-up and the Pentagon. …
The company, which refused to open its artificial intelligence without restriction to the American army in the name of ethics, attracted the lightnings of the Pentagon and the American president. "I order all federal agencies [...] to immediately cease any use of Anthropic technology," Donald Trump wrote on his network Truth Social, also calling the company "radical left-wing company and woke".
President Trump says he has ordered the US government to end its partnership with AI company Anthropic. Trump added that the Department of Defense and other government agencies will have six months to phase out their use of Anthropic's services. If the company does not comply with the phaseout, he will use "the full powers of the presidency" to enforce compliance, potentially with severe civil and criminal penalties, the president announced on h…
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